Background: IN JANUARY POPE VI IS TO VISIT ISRAEL.HE WILL BECOME THE FIRST POPE TO VISIT THE HOLY LAND SINCE THE DAYS OF SAINT PETER.A VISNEWS CAMERAMAN HAS BEEN TOURING ISRAEL FILMING THOSE PLACES IMMORTALISED BY THE BIBLE, WHICH THE POPE IS LIKELY TO SEE DURING THE VISIT.....

NAZARETH, WHERE JESUS SPENT HIS BOYHOOD AND LEARNT THE TRADE OF A CARPENTER.HE WAS LATER TO COME BACK AND PREACH HERE.HIS HOME TOWN.

KAFR KANNA, THE TRADITIONAL SITE OF THE FIRST MIRACLE WHEN JESUS TURNED WATER INTO WINE AT A WEDDING FEAST.

CAPERNAUM, ON THE NORTHERN SHORE OF THE SEA OF GALILEE, IS GENERALLY REGARDED AS JESUS' SECOND HOME.IT WAS HERE THAT JESUS CALLED THE APOSTLES PETER, ANDREW, AND MATTHEW.IT WAS THE WITNESS OF MANY OF HIS MIRACLES AND IN ITS SYNAGOGUE HA DELIVERED MANY OF HIS DISCOURSES.

THE SEA OF GALILEE WAS OFTEN THE SETTING BEHIND JESUS AS HE TAUGHT FROM THE BOATS OF FISHERMEN.THE SCENTS AND INCIDENTS OF THIS LANDSCAPE INSPIRED MANY OF HIS PARABLES.NO MORE THE PROSPEROUS SCORE OF JESUS' TIME, FISHERMEN STILL PLY THEIR CRAFT ALONG THE LAKE.IT WAS HERE THAT JESUS SAID TO THE APOSTLES: "FOLLOW ME, AND I WILL MAKE YOU FISHERS OF MEN.